It's the beginning of the summer in a small town in Ireland. Emma O'Donovan is eighteen years old, beautiful, happy, confident. One night, there's a party. Everyone is there. All eyes are on Emma. The next morning, she wakes on the front porch of her house. She can't remember what happened, she... show more

It's the beginning of the summer in a small town in Ireland. Emma O'Donovan is eighteen years old, beautiful, happy, confident. One night, there's a party. Everyone is there. All eyes are on Emma. The next morning, she wakes on the front porch of her house. She can't remember what happened, she doesn't know how she got there. She doesn't know why she's in pain. But everyone else does. Photographs taken at the party show, in explicit detail, what happened to Emma that night. But sometimes people don't want to believe what is right in front of them, especially when the truth concerns the town's heroes ...

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Spoiler Alert: She wasn't asking for it. A few weeks ago I started and finished the book Asking For It by Louise O'Neill. This book was extremely good and it's probably going to be one of the best books I have ever read. This author has a way with words. The whole topic of this book isn't what I'...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~๏~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ABOUT THE BOOK~ Asking For It Louise O'Neill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~๏~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emma O'Donovan is eighteen, beautiful, and fearless. It's the beginning of summer in a quiet Irish town and tonight she and her friends have dressed to impress. Everyone is at the part...

This book was as harrowing as it was important and needed to be written. It shines a light on the negative attitudes and shaming that surround victims of rape. It helps deconstruct exactly what happens to the victim of such an atrocity and the horror they often have to go through in search of justic...

This was a painful read, but I think the very reasons it was painful are also the reasons why it is important. I was angry at a lot of the characters throughout this book, including the main character at times, even as I felt bad for a number of them at various times as well. Even before Emma, the...

Oh boy. This review makes me a bit anxious. This is such a hot button issue, I believe the term is. That fact alone hurts my heart. And this book hurt me more. But it is an issue that we cannot afford to ignore. I have never experienced anything like the main character in O'Neill's book, and haven...

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